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B-52 model crashing

Wow, that's an awesome model. I bet it cost thousands of dollars.

Are those real miniature jet engines I see? :Q

Badass.
 
that was AWESOME, at least till it crashed. it looked so... realalistic too, when it was flying, it looked like a real plane very far away. interesting illusion eh?
 
Originally posted by: Eli
Wow, that's an awesome model. I bet it cost thousands of dollars.

Are those real miniature jet engines I see? :Q

Badass.
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Yeah I saw a show and some guys have mini versions of jet fighters. These scaled down jet planes will do over 200 mph! Freaking awesome.

That model is stunning. Or, rather it was.

 
Originally posted by: Eli
Wow, that's an awesome model. I bet it cost thousands of dollars.

Are those real miniature jet engines I see? :Q

Badass.
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Probably closer to 20k. Each engine can cost a few thousand alone.

Looks like either a mechanical failure, or it was flying too slow. I would think that plane needs to be moving about as fast as a private plane at all times to keep from stalling.
 
Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
Originally posted by: Eli
Wow, that's an awesome model. I bet it cost thousands of dollars.

Are those real miniature jet engines I see? :Q

Badass.
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Probably closer to 20k. Each engine can cost a few thousand alone.

Looks like either a mechanical failure, or it was flying too slow. I would think that plane needs to be moving about as fast as a private plane at all times to keep from stalling.
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Wow, I didn't know they were that much. They use jet fuel which you have special order.

 
Those aren't true jet engines, but are some kind of turbine. I read about them not too long ago. They cost of that plane was around $25k... I hope they had insurance.
 
It appears that the pilot was trying to do a low flyby across the runway. The problem was that he didn't take the plane far enough up to compensate for a down-draft. The wind hit the top of the plane, changed the pressure on the wings and caused it to drop. I bet he learned a lesson there.
 
i dunno, it just looked like it was going rather slow. does that thing have the same thrust/weight ratio as the real b52? if its weak it might stall real easy right?
 
Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
i dunno, it just looked like it was going rather slow. does that thing have the same thrust/weight ratio as the real b52? if its weak it might stall real easy right?
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Keep in mind that it's only a model. I've seen flight videos of that plane before. It looked like it was operating normally. It appears to be going slow, but that's only because it's wingspan is fairly large. It's actually pretty close to an exact reduced scale of the actual B52. Large models fly slow....the larger models are actually more stable and easier to fly too. That's why I was surprised the idiot that had the controls screwed up like that. You'd think they'd be more careful with such an expensive plane.

The coolest video I saw of that plane showed the exhaust trails behind it... Pretty cool looking.
 
I wouldn't say that the larger the easier to fly....

I fly model planes and we have a guy that has a 52% scale plane. The thing about it is that since the plane is so big, your depth perception is way off.

The engines on the B-52 are gas turbine engines. They use regular gas.
 
I don't know that this was caused by a downdraft. It actually looks similar in many regards to the infamous B-52 crash at Fairchild AFB in 1994 (which is now studied as a failure in AF leadership, because the pilot, Lt Col Holland, had a history of extremely dangerous flying). A friend of mine, a C-17 pilot, explained to me that the B-52's wings don't create a great deal of lift for an aircraft that size, and when the plane is on its side it has essentially no lift at all, so it tends to dive precipitously.
 
B-52's are very, very strange aircraft...they have MASSIVE wings that actually flex up and down up to a METER in flight...it's not uncommon to see the fuselage of a B-52 take off before the wings leave the ground...very, very strange.
 
a guy i work with flys Jet powered remote controlled Helios. very cool stuff. he has brought them to work and flown them in the parking lot a few times.
 
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